SWIMMING & DIVING: Oakland splits dual meet with Michigan State

ROCHESTER -- Anders Jensen won three individual events and was a member of a winning relay, while seven other Golden Grizzlies won multiple events, as the Oakland men's swimming and diving team defeated Michigan State, 177-121, while the women fell to the Spartans, 173-125, on Senior Day at the OU Aquatic Center.

"Today was a very exciting day being a part of the homecoming celebration that is getting bigger every year, we had a great crowd to swim in front of and it was Senior Day as we got to celebrate 16 student-athletes who have made a huge impact on this program," said head coach Pete Hovland. "Michigan State always brings out the best in us as they are an in-state rival and we had to swim real well on the men side to beat them and all the kids were focused this week. It's a good way to end our dual meet schedule and get ready for the league meet next month."

Jensen swept the backstroke events as he won the 100-yard back with a time of 48.83 and the 200 back with a 1:47.08. He also won the final individual event of the day with a 1:54.00 in the 200 IM. Hrafn Traustason earned victories in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events with times of 57.55 and 2:05.24, respectively, and Amr el Sayed won the distance freestyle events with a 9:37.00 in the 1,000 free and a 4:31.49 in the 500 free. Grant Harding touched the wall first in both the 50 and 100 free events with times of 20.96 and 45.50, respectively and Brendan O'Shea swept both diving events with a 280.05 on the 1-meter and a 327.30 on the 3-meter.

For the women, Vanessza Balogh won the 1,000 free with a time of 10:21.69 and the 500 free with a 5:03.03 while Karin Tomeckova swept the backstroke with a 56.16 in the 100 back and a 2:01.88 in the 200 back. Tricia Grant tallied wins in the diving events with a 298.57 on the 1-meter board and a 299.85 on the 3-meter board and Nikki Flynn touched the wall first in the 200 free with a 1:54.04.

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The Golden Grizzlies will be off until next month when they compete in the Michigan USA Open on Feb. 8-10 at the OU Aquatic Center before preparing to host the 2013 Summit League Championship on Feb. 20-23.